Global hot spot maps link consumers with impacts
This map shows the changing US CO2 footprint around the world between 1970 and 2008. Red hotspots illustrated where the US carbon footprint has...
The energy-saving data glasses
Fraunhofer researchers have developed an energy-saving display that reduces the power consumption to a fraction.Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer FEP
Data glasses mirror information to the...
GRAPES-3 indicates a crack in Earth’s magnetic shield
The GRAPES-3 muon telescope, the largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitor recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays that indicated a crack in...
Study confirms that novae, a type of explosive phenomenon in stars, are main source...
Artist concept of a binary system similar to the one that originated the nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2. Credit: David A. Hardy y PPARC.
Large amounts...
Scientists fabricate a new class of crystalline solid
This image shows the results of scanning X-ray microdiffraction (μSXRD) with submicron spatial resolution. Lauediffraction (a) from an unconstrained Sb2S3 single crystal (top) and...
Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut
Computer visualisation of villi-like battery material.Credit: Teng Zhao
A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery -- which could have five times the energy density of...
Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite
The dark, golf-ball-size object in this composite, colorized view from the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a nickel-iron meteorite, as confirmed...
Predicting cancer cells’ response to chemotherapy
When cells suffer DNA damage, there are several different pathways that can kick in to help repair it, depending on the type of damage....
James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Will Piece Together Cosmic Puzzles
Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle piece standing...
NASA Completes Webb Telescope Center of Curvature Pre-test
Engineers conduct a white light inspection on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.Credits:...
New research uncovers pattern in global flu outbreaks
Scripps-led human health study links key environmental driver to flu outbreaks
As cold winter weather approaches, millions of people look for remedies to avoid the...
